Window-shelf bracket.



UNTTE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. HAZZARD, OF OAYWOOD, NEW YORK.

WINDow-SHELF BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,583, dated February 17, 1903.

Application iiled` May 15, 1902. Serial No. 107,463. (No model.)

the bracket.

The invention has for an object to provide a bracket eomprisinga base-and a shelf-supporting arm connected thereto by a laterallyextending looped portion which permitsV the shade to be raised and lowered without interfering with the bracket.

A' further object of the invention is to provide a construction by which the shelf may be adjusted on the bracket toward and from the window over the looped portion of the bracket, so as to be moved close to the win-` dow when the shade is raised or away therefrom when the shade is lowered. e

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the window having the bracket applied thereto; Fig. 2, a detail perspective of the bracket; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section through the window, showing the bracket in plan and the shelfrin dotted lines.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A indicates a window-casing which is supplied with the usual sashes A of any desired construction and in front of which the usual roller shade B is located. The bracket C is shown as applied one io each side of the window-frame although it may be applied or used in any manner found desirable or convenient. This bracket is composed of a base C of any desired configura; tion-for instance, `comprising a plate having apertures C2, by means of which it is secured to the window-frame A. At the upper end of this base-plate a laterally-extending frame O3 is disposed in a horizontal plane and connected bya curved bent portion C4 with a similar parallel laterally-extending portion C5, thus forming what is herein designated as a looped or U-shaped portion, although the particular configuration of this loop may be altered as found convenient. Opposite the base-plate O a supporting-arm C6 extends laterally from the portion C5 and at a right This arm is adapted' angle'to the base C. to receive and support the shelf D by any desired means-for instance, the bolt D' and thumb-nut D2, operating in a slot C7 in the supporting-arm and passing through the shelf D, by means of which the shelf may be adjusted longitudinally upon the arm toward and-from the window.

In the application of the invention shown in Fig. l the open ends of the looped portions extend toward each other, thus permitting free movement of the shade B Withoutin any wise interfering or contacting with the brackets or the shelf, while the supporting-arms for the shelf are disposed inward from the ends thereof, so 4as to secure the most desirable point of support. Furthermore, the adjustment of the shelf permits the same to be moved close to the window when the shade is raised, so that flowers supported thereon may be brought into the sunlight, while at night the shelf may be moved backward upon its supporting-arms and the shade drawn down. It is also desirable upon cold nights to protect flowers or other objects supported on such a shelf by removing them from close relation to the window, and by drawing the shade downward they are thereby protected from the window or drafts. It will be apparent that this bracket permits the secure supporting of a window-shelf from the windowcasing and the free movement of the shade without interference therewith.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuration Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention 'and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bracket comprising a base, a. shelfsupporting arm, and a laterally-extending open-looped portion for supporting said arm from said base; substantially as specied.

2. A Window-shelf bracket comprising a base, a slotted shelf-supporting arm, a laterally-extending open-looped portion connecting said base and arm, a shelf secured to said arm, and means for adjusting said shelf longitudinally upon the upper face of said arm; substantially as specified.

A Window-shelf bracket comprising a base, a slotted shelf-supporting arm, a laterally-extending open-looped portion connecting said base and arm, a shelf secured to said arm for adjustment longitudinally thereon, a bolt extending through said shelf and slot, and a clamping-nut earried by the end of said bolt; substantiallyas specified.

4. In a window shelf bracket, a base, a

looped portion extending laterally therefrom and open at one end, and a shelf-arm extending laterally from said loop at its open end; substantially as specified.

5. In a Window-shelf bracket, a base-plate,

a laterally-extending portion at one end there- 25 of, a parallel laterally-extending portion connected to the rst portion by a curved end portion, thus forming a loop and a shelf-arm extending from the open end of said loop at a right angle to said base-plate; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aitlx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. I-IAZZARD.

Witnesses:

C. H. OsGooD, CHAs. E. COLEMAN. 

